Fei Company Report

I. INTRODUCTION

A new universe of discovery is taking place at the nanoscale. FEI is the world leader in electron optics and focused ion beam technologies. Found in 1971 as a support group providing high-purity, oriented single crystal materials for field emission research in Oregon, through a partnership with the former Philips Electron Optics division – a part of FEI since 1997 – FEI has pioneered the world’s first DualBeam™ system, incorporating both a scanning electron column and a focused ion beam. FEI is still the only company with both ion beam and electron beam solutions in-house, allowing to develop more functionally-integrated solutions for customers. FEI’s enabling Tools for Nanotech™ are helping to make once unimagined possibilities a reality by delivering breakthrough results to diverse users. FEI has more than sixty years of technology leadership and field expertise for a wide variety of applications including the advanced study and development of new materials, nanoscale process control and the development of new Nano-enabled products. They